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Encyclopedia of Religion entry for
Labid
The son of Rabi ‘ah ibn Ja ‘far al- ‘Amiri, a celebrated poet in the time of Muhammad who embraced Islam, and who is said to have died at al-Kufah at the advanced age of 157 years. The Prophet is related to have said, "The truest words ever uttered by a poet are those of Labid,- ‘Know that everything is vanity but God ‘" (Mishkat, book xxxii. ch. x. pt. 1.) [POETRY.] 
citations: Dictionary of Islam, Hughes
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